Prayer: You challenge us this Advent-time

Prayers of Adoration, Confession and
Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch

ADORATION

As streets fill with shoppers,
bright lights and tempting offers,
Christmas songs and children's laughter,
you lead us along a different path,
to a desert river and a Prophetic voice. A call to repentance
A call to service
A call to immerse ourselves
in living water that will never run dry.

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CONFESSION :

You challenge us this Advent time,
this season of preparation,
to put aside our pride
and understand our need
for repentance,
forgiveness
and mercy.

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THANKSGIVING

Thank you Father, for your patience
with a rebellious people,
loving you one moment , forgetting you the next.
Thank you for an endless love
which does not give up,
but wants the best for us
despite our faults.

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John Birch